montuous

English

Etymology

From Middle English mountuous, from Latin montuōsus, equivalent to mount +‎ -uous.

Adjective

montuous (comparative more montuous, superlative most montuous)

(archaic) Mountainous, hilly.
(archaic) Situated among mountains.

References

John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “montuous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Middle English

Adjective

montuous

Alternative form of mountuous

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